Probably not even worth mentioning, however, aside from Mad Men we don’t watch any TV anymore. That’s why we miss compelling shows like The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and guests like Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White. Click here for part 2.
[Link: Hulu via The Ski Channel]
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We don’t speak German so we really have no business making fun of anyone who is bi-lingual, however, the information on the 2009 Billabong Air & Style scheduled for December 5, 2009 (we think) in Innsbruk, Austria’s Bergisel Stadium was nearly impossible for us to figure out.
Getting a position in the starting field was in great demand but now the 16 pros are confirmed and they will be on parade on 05.12.2009 in Innsbruck. The new setup will challenge the rider a lot: they will start 50 meters above zero; with an inrun of ca. 70 meters and a slope of 45° the rider get on the ground again after 30 meters and an awesome trick. The best jump gives the winner 1.000 points in the Swatch TTR World Tour, the Ring of Glory and the biggest Part of the prize money of € 75.000.
For a list of people who we think are going to be in the contest follow the jump. Thanks to Method Mag for helping us out with the details. [click to continue…]
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Brooke Geery gets right to the questions all of us have about what’s going on at the Kass brother’s glove company in YoBeat’s Hump Day Interview with Grenade CEO Joseph Condorelli.
After all, Joseph is an outsider. A loud-mouthed New Yorker who came from a business background, having never set foot on a snowboard, to run a snowboard company that at the time, was on the brink of disaster. And even though he supposedly didn’t know what a “beanie” was, he’s worked day and night for two solid years to keep the company afloat and thriving. Yeah, it’s not the same Grenade we all hung out at, now it’s a growing company that might actually be around for years to come. Love him or hate him, this is Joseph’s side of the story.
We knew there had to be someone running things behind the camo curtain.
[Link: YoBeat.com]
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Stoked Mentoring’s Founder and Executive Director Steve Larosilliere tells the story of his organization on the Huffington Post.
In 5 years, we’ve worked with hundreds of youth in New York and L.A. and taught them valuable life skills in the process. Life skills such as goal-setting, networking, trust, patience, and how to overcome obstacles. What we discovered along the way was the need for at-risk youth to have positive role models and quality life experiences that add value and dimension to their lives. They need to develop their own “Story”. One that isn’t the same as the people in their community. One that is uniquely theirs. Instead of being an inner city high school dropout, they can be a snowboarder from the inner city who wants to work in advertising, has a mentor, and is a high school graduate.
To get involved with Stoked mentoring, click here.
[Link: Huffington Post]
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We’re not down with rally, but damnit if Ken Block doesn’t get to drive the coolest stuff. Wonder if these tracks will work on our 1996 Outback?
[Link: Media Bistro]
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The skilled craftspeople behind King Shit Skateboarding magazine are peddling a new product this month: it’s called King Snow and it was guest art directed by Andrew Pommier. Here’s what they’re saying about it:
Ben Bilocq took our first ever cover, breaking the laws of reality by having two photos of the same trick on one image, thanks to photographer Oli Gagnon. . . Then Natalie Langmann investigated a few members of the Gypsy Mob and got to the bottom of what goes through the minds of these Winnipeg-born rippers. . . Tracey Anderson and Feet Banks terrorized Jess Kimura, Jed Anderson and Alex Cantin with some AMBUSH interviews. Andrew Hardingham told us how to use sick puppy dogs to your advantage when negotiating a contract.
Sounds, right straight to us. The mag will be in shops November 9. And hopefully in our mailbox even sooner than that.
[Link: King Snow]
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Hannah Teter steps up for PETA to save the seals because she can’t believe this kind of thing is still happening out there.
[Link: Peta.org via Rutland Herald]
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Yobeat’s Brooke Geery made it all the way over to downtown Portland to cover SnowBoy Production’s Backyard Bang and aside from getting some great photos, she also got the super VIP treatment.
Not only was there a VIP area with free food and beer, provided by Kona Brewing, who also gave away a trip to Hawaii to some lucky bastard, but the jam was short, sweet and interesting. The new and improved SnowBoy productions set up included a brand new box jump, and let’s face it, all rail jams need more air.
Sounds like everything we could ever ask for in a contest and snowboarding, too. Look at Johnnie Paxon getting on it.
[Link: Yobeat.com]
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This is one of the things that over-caffeinated sugar water money will buy you if you play your cards the way Shaun White plays them. Yep, we’ve been tricked into running another commercial and only got to see one double-double. Foiled again.
[Link via Yobeat.com]
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